#advantage

In the course of her education she had gone through the history usually put into the hands of young people... now her ripened reason gave to her present study at least the advantage of novelty. ↗

— Charlotte Smith

#course #education #gave #gone #had

Habits in writing as in life are only useful if they are broken as soon as they cease to be advantageous. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#broken #cease #habits #life #only

We must continue to pursue peace through diplomacy, but we must also not shrink from our responsibility through the option of strength. We must take advantage of internal resistance and change from within Iran to avert this path of mutual destruction. ↗

— Michael McCaul

#also #avert #change #continue #destruction

Every great political campaign rewrites the rules; devising a new way to win is what gives campaigns a comparative advantage against their foes. ↗

— John Podhoretz

#against #campaign #campaigns #comparative #devising

We have advantages. We have a cushion to fall back on. This is abundance. A luxury of place and time. Something rare and wonderful. It's almost historically unprecedented. We must do extraordinary things. We have to. It would be absurd not to. ↗

— Dave Eggers

#ambition #historical

There are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms, and no possible disadvantage. ↗

— Joel Barlow

#advantages #arms #being #disadvantage #many

Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#advantage #affairs #conduct #contest #interests

New Hampshire state government is a big customer for prescription drug companies. Just as businesses do, we should take advantage of the bargaining power we have as a big customer. ↗

— John Lynch

#bargaining #big #businesses #companies #customer

Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb. ↗

— Yul Brynner

#being #being smart #dumb #get #men

A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment. ↗

— Liz Carpenter

#advantage #age #judgment #learning #major